Even with Update, any point in scrap mining?

[.:Mongoose:.]

So i read about the mining update and got excited. Decided to brush off my salvager and hit the fields. Found the field in New Berlin, starting getting huge yields. Thought to my self, "this is fantastic!".

Then went to pitts and sold it. Still only 599 a unit. Really? Other people are getting the same yields mining Stuff and making 8k-14k a unit.

Do they devs actually want junkers to scrap mine?

Why should I waste my time mining for the same time, and jumping the same amount of systems, for a profit that is 77% less?

The difference i have seen is when mining for silver or copper ore you only get a couple off each rock, the scrap on the other hand gives shed loads. I was mining in Texas and filling my slavager in under 10 minutes. Had a go at copper ore and man was that slow. Gave up with only 300 in my hold after 30 minutes:(